Vacancy expired!
This role is accountable for providing Project Management support, co-ordination and PMO assistance to the EU MDR Project Managers based in Memphis, USA, as part of S&N's global EU MDR Program team. The role will play an important part in day to day co-ordination of activities that relate to the preparation of S&N's Orthopedics franchise products for the new EU MDR regulation.
Main responsibilities of the role will include updates to the EU MDR Database, updates of project plans, risk registers and co-ordination of project activities as part of a large EU MDR team
The job holder will assist in the creation of detailed project plans, work breakdown structures, risk/issue registers and management of dependencies within a global cross-functional program team. In addition, the role will involve working across a number of EU MDR workstreams to track the progress of project deliverables, taking account of franchise or product specific requirements.
The job holder will be expected to manage complex data sets and project plans and be able to co-ordinate activities across a cross functional team.
The primary requirement for this role is to support the Orthopedics Franchise based Project Management team, however the role will be part of the EU MDR PMO team and it is expected that there will be opportunities to provide similar support in other S&N franchises when required.
Responsibilities:
Management of updates to the EU MDR database and proactive management of the data to ensure its accuracy. Investigate data related problems and identify root cause ensuring that cross functional stakeholder requirements are met (25%)
Create / Update project plans relating to activities required to prepare S&N products for EU MDR compliance (25%)
Assist project managers with the facilitation of progress meetings and process improvement workshops including the documentation of required processes (15%)
Assist Project Managers with the creation of project dashboards and reports to present an overall view on the project for use by the team, highlighting major risks and escalating unresolved issues as appropriate (15%)
Management of actions from large meetings including tracking to closure ensuring that next steps and owners are clear (10%)
Provide support as required to other areas of the EU MDR Program as directed by the EU MDR Program Director (10%)
Education: Ideally qualified to diploma or equivalent experience. Prefer degree
Licenses/ Certifications: Project methodology qualification preferred (eg, PMI or Agile based methodology)
Experience:
7-10 years' proven experience of working in a project environment on multiple projects with interdependencies and shared resources.
Management of large data sets with analytical skills to identify problems using proactive tools (e.g. MS Excel, Power BI)
Ability to work effectively with a range of business stakeholders from senior management to team members completing set tasks.
Ability to create and update complex project plans
Experience of regulatory projects and / or medical device products a benefit.
Competences:
Good IT skills including PowerPoint, Excel and PMO tools
